Morten Andersen was kicking field goals at Michigan State when Yours Truly was graduate student downstate in Ann Arbor. Man, that guy's old. Let's give this geriatric kicker the honors of kicking off this week. And it's a deep one, as usual.

Anyone who has Green Bay at home should petition the NFL to play the game at Minnesota.

Every NFL player wets his pants when he sees someone like Tommy Maddox suffer that traumatic an injury.

You want Drew Bledsoe to lose, and then you don't.

Memo to Las Vegas bookies: Pretty please make the Jets favorites when they visit the Patriots in Foxborough on Week 16.

Geek of the Week: Charles "I guarantee victory" Woodson.

Greg Robinson-Randall's present to all of us for making it back as a starter: We don't need to use the "Robinson" anymore.

Why can't the Jets play the Lions on Thanksgiving instead of the Patriots?

After the stinker on Monday night, Seattle looked less like "Seahawks" and more like "Sacrificial Lambs".

If I'm Bill Callahan, I make Sebastian Janikowski a return man in practice all week long. And I don't give him a red jersey either. Then I tell him that every time he turns his back on a return man in a game, he becomes one in practice that following week.

And I tell his teammates to treat him as if he were Walt Coleman.

I say keep Marc Bulger in there.

I can't say exactly why, but I like John Madden a lot better with Al Michaels than I ever did with Pat Summerall.

Maybe it's because I miss Tom Brookshier.

It is absolutely absurd to watch how bad the Patriots have played this year, and then remember that they were 3-4 and 5-5 last year as well.

With how badly Richard Seymour has played this year, it's a good thing that David Terrell is on injured reserve.

In a recent Globe article, there was mention of the fact that the Patriots will no longer face a dominating rushing attack for the rest of the year. Ricky Williams, Travis Henry and Curtis Martin might take issue with that claim.